Title: The Prodigal Daughter
Disclaimer: Sorry to disappoint you but I'm not Jamie Brittain or Bryan Elsley so Skins isn't my property. I think that now I'm the most disappointed though …
Pairing: Naomi/Emily for sure at some point :-D as for the other we will have to wait and see…
Summary: Coming back home when you're a student is always a bit hard but will it be that hard if Emily Fitch was your mother new lodger ? (A bit AU though)
Note: I'm not really sure why, when or how this idea came to my head but I have decided to give it a go… Hope that you won't hate me for that. I think that it will be better for me to have a beta so if anyone is up for it I'll be more than pleased even if I have no idea of how it is supposed to function. I haven't forgotten my other stories and I know that I should probably try to upload them first but since I got the plot for this one in my head I haven't been able to write for any of the others… I'll do my best to do it as soon as possible but alas it won't be until next week because I'm going away for a few days for work with my boss… Sorry once again I guess.
***Emily's Pov***
I never thought that I would say that but I love my life right now, well maybe not as much as other people do but still. This simple affirmation might sound insignificant for most people but for me it's quite huge. Thing is if I'm an hundred percent honest when I look back at my life I could say that I was happy like only 10 percent of the time, 15 maybe but it's not really the point. Living with my family wasn't easy. I guess that we were too different, even with my twin sister Katie. We might be twin but we pretty much are nothing alike. She's loud when I'm shy, she's obsessed with her style when I would were everything that looks like a promise of being comfy in it, she's mummy's girl when I am daddy's, but mostly she's straight when I am … let's just say not so much… But let's not think too much about my family or even my past, I don't really want to ruin my good mood.
"Emily ? Emily ? Love are you still with us?"
Oops I think that I was once again lost in my head… I should really try to focus more on the real world and spend less time in my own thoughts. The thing is that it's what I've been doing all my life so I guess that old habits are hard to forget.
"Oh, sorry Gina. What did you say?"
"Firstly not to call me Gina but Mum as everyone else is doing, and secondly do you want a cup of tea?"
"Sorry, and I think that I'm going to garden a bit more and have a tea later."
"Love we've been working in this garden for far too long. It's tea time, no protest!"
"But…"
I can't even finish my sentence as she's doing me one of her famous death glare. It's weird how she got this superpower considering that she's probably one of the nicest people that ever lived on this earth. I'm not even exaggerating anything; Gina Campbell really is an amazing and beautiful person. I even think that she is the main reason of my new found happiness. Eight months ago she didn't just offer me a roof but she also offered me a place to live in and to be myself in. Back in the days I was pretty much an homeless after being kicked out of my old house by my mother herself. Katie, James and Dad were trying to help me but it was more about survival than life itself. I don't really blame them cause they were really trying to do their best and to help me, and from time to time to convince my mum that she made a mistake but it was really a lost cause. Her words were simple either I become what she wants me to be or either I lost everything I got. I've tried at first but I wasn't happy neither so at one point I decided that It was more than enough and that I should be myself for once and stand for my convictions. Said like that it sounds simple and easy, but believe me it's not. Those events are still clear in my head :
°°° 9 months and a few days ago °°°
"Have you made up your mind then Emily? Are you ready to become a nice daughter now and to stop all this nonsense?"
"Mum, it's not nonsense, it's me, it's about who I truly am!"
"Don't you even dare saying it out loud once again in my house!"
"Mum calm down please, she's just trying to explain you how she feels."
"KATIE FITCH GO TO YOUR ROOM RIGHT NOW!"
"But…"
"I SAID RIGHT NOW!"
Katie was probably too slow for my mum liking because she slaps her hard on her right cheek. Even after that Katie hasn't immediately move, first she has looked at me and all I was able to read in her teary eyes was fear and sadness…
"No Emily I give you one last chance…"
"No, I won't lie just to make you feel alright. I am Emily Fitch, I am your daughter or at least I thought I was, and I'm gay…gay…gay…"
At that point I was far to imagine the consequences of my decision. I should have understand that things were taking the wrong direction just by watching at my mother. She was red of anger and it was the first time that she was looking at me like that…
"GET OUT THEN!"
"What?"
"You heard me young lady, if you don't follow my rules then you don't deserve to live in my house!"
"I don't have to deserve anything I am your bloody daughter!"
"Not anymore."
"What?"
"You are not my daughter anymore so take your belongings and leave my house right now."
I have wanted to say something to her but I just wasn't able to do such a thing. The slap she gave Katie was hard but her words were even more powerful. I didn't even take anything that day I just left without saying anything, or even looking at her, I was too devastated for that. I spend the rest of the day sat on a bench in the water park looking at nothing in particular and trying to process the whole thing…
***Emily's Pov, present time***
I'm still lost in my memories but slowly I'm starting to reach the reality and that is only possible cause Gina has take me in her arms…
"Love it's alright you are fine now, everything is all right."
"Sorry I was…"
"Stop apologizing for things you aren't responsible for. I think that we have worked too much today, we both are exhausted so we are going to have a nice tea, only the two of u, and then you are going to take a long shower while I'll be cooking for you and that bloody Irish guy. All right?"
"Thanks Gina it means so much for me."
"It's just a tea, a steak and some bloodies potatoes once again!"
Right now we are both smiling and she delicately weep my tears away. That's Gina Campbell for you, see I told you this woman is a real Saint.
"We both know what I was talking about…"
"But we won't tell. No come on young lady I have to hurry up before Kieran becomes grumpy. I swear that if he hasn't his daily dose of food and sex this man can become a real monster!"
"Yurk! It's disgusting!"
"Come on Emily there is nothing wrong or disgusting about love."
She delicately kiss my hairs and then we're walking back into our house. It feels so good to call it our house, but it's what it really is for me.
***Emily's Pov, a tea and a long shower after…***
I'm about to enter the kitchen again when I hear Gina on the phone. I guess that it is Naomi again, she's her daughter. I don't really know much about her which is quite weird considering that I'm currently living in her bedroom and all her old friends are now become mine as well. I know it might sounds crazy but no one never really talk about her and when they do they all feel so sad cause she hasn't really been in touch with any of them since she left for Uni ten months ago. I sat myself at the table just next to Kieran and he immediately stops eating and smiles at me. Kieran is awesome too even if he's quite weird when you met him for the first time.
"Who's on the phone?"
"The prodigal daughter I guess, with her you can never be sure…"
"Oh…"
We silently start to eat and a bit letter Gina come back at the table. She seems happy and intrigued at the same time and a bit lost as well, which I strange cause she always seems so at ease. She stays still for almost 5 minutes, without a move or even a sound. I give a glance at Kieran who is too occupied with his steak too realize what is happening and then I look at Gina.
"Mum?"
Nothing…
"MUM?"
"Ooh sorry Emily, I guess that for once I was the one lost in my thoughts. What do you want dear?"
"Who was it?"
"Oh…Just Naomi."
"What did she say?"
"Oh nothing particular, she has just finished her exams and considering that she has done well she is going to take a bit of a time off."
"Sounds good, anything planned yet?"
"She's considering coming here for a bit."
At that exact moment Kieran stop eating and look at Gina a bit flabbergasted too, before asking her:
"When?"
"Tomorrow morning or maybe in the afternoon, depend of the traffic apparently…"
"WHAT?"
"The fuck?"
I almost choked at my food there. It's so strange I'm about to meet Naomi for the first time and I have to admit that it scared me to death cause she's the only person that could break my newfound happiness…
Here we are … first chapter, a bit longer than usual cause some things needed to be explained first I guess and I was probably missing the writing as well… Hope that you liked it and I would be more than pleased if you could give me your thoughts, advice, or anything really…Anyway thanks for reading ! :-D
Fitch Hug Xx